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Test 8 · ★ · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa

Mum, watching a star apologise: "Hm. Let's see what he does next week." Why does she say that?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: star, you, 's, he, she · What happens: watch, apologise, let, see, do, say · To what, where: star, Hm, 's, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 53 «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Mum, watching a star apologise: "Hm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watching	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mum	punct
3	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 star	det
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watching	obj
6	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 watching	xcomp
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Hm	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Hm	punct
9	Hm	hm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 apologise	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 watching	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund		a star				Mum vocative	tree rules
2	apologise speech: apologize	infinitive	a star not said here	Hm					tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: Let's see what he does next week."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 does	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 does	nsubj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 week	amod
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	see	infinitive	's not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	do	present	he				week		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Sentence 3: Why does she say that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 say	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	she	that					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic

The options

Option 1

She thinks next week's show will be funnier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 week	amod
4	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 week	case
6	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 funnier	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 funnier	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 funnier	cop
9	funnier	funny	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	She						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	future	next week's show					funny property	tree rules
3	show		next week						nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

An apology is judged by what someone does next

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 apology	det
2	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 judged	aux:pass
4	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 what	case
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 judged	obl
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 does	nsubj
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	acl:relcl
9	next	next	ADV	_	8 does	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	present · passive		a apology					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	do	present	someone					next property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She is sure he will say sorry twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sure	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sure	cop
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sure	ccomp
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	obj
8	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					sure property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	future	he	sorry				twice property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic

Option 4

She wants to watch him on TV again next week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 watch	mark
4	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 watch	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 TV	case
7	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watch	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 watch	advmod
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 week	amod
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watch	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he		TV	again; week		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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